sand viper

sand viper

n

1. (Animals) a S European viper, Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back

2. (Animals) another name for horned viper

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sand viper - highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye cerastes, Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw Aspis, genus Aspis, genus Cerastes - horned vipers
	2.	sand viper - harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed hognose snake, puff adder colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes genus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes

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